This may be of some use, I replaced the brake screw on my 1595 1/2 RC awhile back…
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=58379&p=308553#p308553I probably pried the screw retainer up too much to get the old screw off and the new one in, you can see it bent up all the way to the first mini rivet. I also scraped the paint a bit in the process because I used a metal sharp edged screwdriver. This was not a vintage reel so I wasn’t particularly gentle. If you have not made the swap yet those are my couple small mistakes you might learn from.